relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers.

The bill's status label changed from 'As Amended by the House' to 'Version Adopted by Both Bodies,' indicating final passage through both chambers without further amendment.

A minor text difference appears at the end of a line referencing the senate children and family law committee, likely a line-break or truncation correction rather than a policy change.

The Senate version required the department to seek approval from the joint legislative fiscal committee at its next scheduled meeting before making any expenditures under the act. This requirement was removed in the House version.

A new provision states that the department is not required to implement the provisions of this act until the program is sufficiently funded to meet the requirements of sections 1 through 4. This gives the department a funding-based excuse to delay implementation.

Starting July 1, 2026, the department must submit bi-monthly written reports to both the house children and family law committee and the senate children and family committee, creating ongoing legislative oversight of implementation.

The Senate version had a separate effective date section (Section 7) specifying when different parts of the act would take effect. The House version restructured this into the contingency/funding section, removing the standalone effective date provision.

New Section 6 requires the department of health and human services to seek approval from the joint legislative fiscal committee at its next scheduled meeting for any expenditures under sections 1, 3, 4, and 5, but only after federal approval has been received. This gives the legislature a gatekeeping role over spending on the child care scholarship program changes.

The former Section 6 (Effective Date) was renumbered to Section 7 with no change to its substantive content regarding when sections 3 and 4 take effect versus the remainder of the act.

A new contingency provision (Section 5) requires that RSA 167:83, II(q) as amended by section 3 and RSA 167:83, II(v) as inserted by section 4 only take effect after the commissioner of health and human services certifies to the director of legislative services and secretary of state that the federal Office of Child Care has approved the modification to the child care scholarship program.

A new Section 6 splits the effective date: sections 3 and 4 take effect per the contingency in section 5 (upon federal approval), while all other sections of the act take effect immediately upon passage.

The original simple effective date provision ('This act shall take effect upon its passage') was removed and replaced with the split effective date structure above.